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Top Three Marriage Books

Over my years in the ministry, I’ve taught many marriage preparation classes.  From time to time, I’ve also counselled couples […]

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14 March 2017

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Absurdity

Can we pray to Jesus?  This is a question I’ve answered countless times, both in sermons and here on my […]

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28 February 2017

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How to Do Family Worship

It’s one of the most basic things that a Christian family does — or should do.  And yet there are […]

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14 February 2017

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Sermon for Day of Prayer

In August 2015, the Free Reformed Church of Launceston asked FRC Baldivis to declare a day of prayer in view […]

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12 February 2017

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Our Stance with the World: Anabaptist or Reformed?

The question of how Christians are to relate to the unbelieving world (including unbelieving culture) is an ancient one.  However, […]

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20 December 2016

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Uber Evangelism

I’m always on the look out for creative ways to share the gospel.  This past weekend I was in Singapore […]

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2 November 2016

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Passivity

Bad theology has bad consequences for living.  One particular area that some Reformed people struggle with is regeneration.   Some Reformed […]

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12 September 2016

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Calvin: “A false and dangerous make-believe”

“Let us ask those who possess nothing but church membership, and yet want to be called Christians, how they can […]

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28 July 2016

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Who Should Treat Depression?

Clinical depression has been described as the common cold of mental illnesses.  At times in my ministry I have wondered:  […]

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20 June 2016

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TV and the Christian: Yes or No?

True story:  in the 1970s, a Canadian Reformed Church consistory made a decision that any minister who owned a television […]

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6 June 2016

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No One Left Behind!

The United States Army has several elite units.  One of them is the 75th Ranger Regiment.  If you become an […]

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28 March 2016

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Odontophobic Life Lessons

Though his name has long escaped me, I will never forget his rage.  We had just moved back to Edmonton […]

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22 March 2016

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Reflections on “The Holland I Never Knew”

Anne Bokma and I have some things in common.  We both have Dutch ancestry.  We both belong to the first […]

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17 March 2016

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Book Review: Side by Side

Side by Side: Walking With Others in Wisdom and Love, Edward T. Welch. Wheaton: Crossway, 2015. Softcover, 171 pages, $14.99. […]

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15 February 2016

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Books by Wes Bredenhof

Get to Know the Holy Spirit

Published 2024

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Aiming to Please

Published 2020

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Seven Wondrous Words

Published 2019

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